Improvement in head-blocks for carriages



F. VAN PATTEN.

Improvement in Head-Blbcks for Carriages.

No. 129,768, Patented Ju ly 23,1872

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FREDERICK VAN PATTEN, 0E AUBURN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR r0 HIMSELF,

M. S. FITCH, AND E. D. GLAPP, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD-BLQCKS FOR CARRIAGESB Specification forming part of Letters Patent-No. 129N438, dated July 23, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Head BIOck for Carriages, invented by FREDERICK VAN PATTEN, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York. The object of this invention is to furnish to carriage-makers what is known as the T- plate or head-block in a more perfect form and at a cheaper rate than it has heretofore beenobtained; and consists in a head-block stamped or pressed out by machinery to a perfect form, with the bolt-holes bossed and the plate strengthened thereby, the construction being as hereinafter more fully described.

In-the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a view of the carriageaxle, showing the application of the head-block to its legitimate purpose. Fig. 2 is a view of the headblock, detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 taken on the line w as when the latter is applied. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 on the line 3 3 shown as when the headblock is applied. l v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the head-block or .T-plate, which, by means of a dro'p-press or stamp and die, is

formed with bosses or raised portions around the bolt-holes B and central hole 0, as seen in the drawing. The branch D receives the reach E of the carriage, while the main portion F is connected with the bolster G and secures the spring H by means of clips I, as seen in Fig. 1. p i

The head-block heretofore in common use is simply a flat T plate provided with the proper holes without bossing; or, if the iron is raised around the holes, it is done at great expense of time and trouble. As a piece of hand-forging it is one of the most difficult to perform of all the parts known as carriage hardware. I stamp out this piece by heavy machinery provided forthe' purpose, and consequently produce an article every way superior to handmade work, and at greatly reduced expense. I leave the ends J of the head-block unfinished,

' so that they may be drawn out to the proper length and size to suit the wood-work of the particular carriage for which the head-block may be intended.

Havin g thus described-my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new and improved article of manufacture, the head-block or T-plate A, when the same is stamped or pressed'out, substantially as seen and described.

FREDERICK VAN PATTEN.

Witnesses HORACE T. 000K, CHAS-'M. FITCH. 

